South America News

Journalism watchdog Reporters Without Borders recently made headlines when it demoted the United States in its annual rankings of press freedom for an alleged "crackdown" on reporters covering Occupy Wall Street.

The roses are packed, labelled and cold-stored for shipment. A Some 500 million Colombian roses will be picked and packaged off to the U.S. for sale on Valentines Day.

Hundreds of decked-out dogs - and a few brave cats - got in on the Carnival fun at Rio de Janeiro's annual pet-friendly parade: Labradors in pink tutus or engineers' overalls cavorted with Maltese terriers with fairy wings, and poodles in superheros' capes sniffed sausage dogs dressed up as Salome, with sequin-covered harem pants.

A logging truck enters a deforested area on the outskirts of Novo Progresso, Brazil.

SAO PAULO: Police in Brazil's Bahia state voted on Saturday to end a strike that unleashed a crime wave claiming more than 150 lives, raising hopes for peaceful carnival celebrations but leaving concerns about security ahead of the 2014 World Cup.

Join us for the first qualification flight of the Vega launch vehicle on Monday 13 February, with a launch window open from 11:00 to 12:30 CET .

This combo of file photos shows Venezuela's presidential opposition candidates on the ballot for the country's Feb.

Kirchner is thought to be referring to reports that the Royal Navy have sent either HMS Tireless or HMS Turbulent to the Falklands.

This diary was written during the Falklands Crisis on assorted scraps of paper and in an old Government-issue exercise book.

Few police officers have adhered to a strike just days before this city's world-famous Carnival kicks off, official said Saturday.

A member of the Beija-Flor samba school works on a decoration for a float that will take part in the carnival parades, if they go ahead.

Helm Bank SA, Colombia's best- performing stock in the past month, said its controlling stakeholders have no intention of selling amid takeover speculation that's driven the share up from a three-year low.

The 30m-tall vehicle, first conceived in the 1990s, will launch on what is termed a qualification flight from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan prosecutors say two women have been ordered to appear in court for allegedly posing children with assault rifles during a public event organized by an armed group that supports President Hugo Chavez.

Argentina said Friday it has information that Britain sent a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic near the disputed Falkland Islands in the latest salvo in a dispute over the territory.Argentina's Foreign Minister Hector Timerman told reporters at the United Nations that a submarine called the Vanguard with nuclear weapons was recently ... (more)

The body of Brazilian journalist Mario Randolfo Marques Lopes was found on Thursday in the city of Barra do PiraA in Rio de Janeiro state, according to news reports .

Former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis looked out over the sea of eager young faces and asked: "How many of you used to get into fights all the time?" A dozen hands shot up.

Brazilian police went on strike in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, risking a surge in crime just days before the beach city's famed carnival celebrations.

In the run-up to this city's huge Carnival, the cash register at the souvenir shop where Vania Alves works is normally buzzing as hoards of revelers scoop up rubber thong sandals, teeny bikinis and sarongs printed with the Brazilian flag.

Colombia's chief prosecutor's office said Thursday it was seeking the arrest of ex-President Alvaro Uribe's longtime peace commissioner for allegedly choreographing the bogus surrender of a column of leftist guerrillas.